Background
Perry, Walter Scott was born on December 26, 1855 in Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin M. and Elizabeth (Kittredge) Perry.
Perry, Walter Scott was born on December 26, 1855 in Stoneham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin M. and Elizabeth (Kittredge) Perry.
Studied Massachusetts Normal Art School, Boston. Traveled and studied in Europe, Egypt, India, China and Japan. Master of Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, 1899.
Honorary Master of Arts, Saint Lawrence University, 1905.
Director of drawing, public and evening schools, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1875-1879. Director drawing and art education, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1879-1887. Director School of Fine and Applied Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1887-1928.
Trustee Madura College, India.
Director Art Alliance America. Honorary secretary Egypt Exploration Fund.
Married Clara Fairfield, July 7, 1902. Children: Fairfield Scott, Walter Merton.
